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White House tour move backfires on Obama
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Mar 14, 2013 05:38pm |
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| Author | Amie Parnes |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 13, 2013 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "The White House is playing defense over the decision to cancel tours at President Obama’s residence, the latest stumble for Obama in the messaging war with Republicans over the sequester.
White House press secretary Jay Carney fielded a series of pointed questions Wednesday about why the tours had to be canceled. Emboldened House Republicans also challenged Obama on the issue at a private meeting on Capitol Hill.
With Obama’s poll numbers dipping to near 50 percent, Republicans have seized on the issue, criticizing the president for canceling the tours as a stunt to hurt Congress, where lawmakers have long arranged White House tours for their constituents.
Since the decision was announced last week, Obama and administration officials have said the decision was made by the Secret Service — which spends roughly $74,000 a week to allow for the tours — in order to avoid furloughs and other cutbacks necessitated by the sequester’s automatic spending cuts.
But that explanation backfired, observers say." |
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